136 pages6" x 9"SoftcoverISBN-13: 978-0-8389-0807-5Year Published: 2001Who hasn't read Blubber? And yet, published in 1974 and a New York Times 'Outstanding Book', it remains one of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books and is kept out of many school libraries. As a standard-bearer for intellectual freedom, the school librarian is in an ideal position to collaborate with teachers to not only protect the freedom to read but also ensure that valued books with valuable lessons are not quarantined from the readers for whom they were written. In this classroom- and library-ready book of discussion guides, award-winning champion of children's literature Pat Scales shows that there is a way to teach these books while respecting all views.

The twelve books featured in Teaching Banned Books, all challenged at one time or another, are jumping-off points for rich and engaging discussion among young readers, their librarians and teachers, and their parents. Each guide includes a summary of the novel, a pre-reading activity, tips for introducing the topic, critical-thinking discussion questions, and an annotated bibliography of related fiction and nonfiction. Armed with award-winning books that kids love, you will:

Communicate the value of banned books to administrators and challengers.

There's a win-win way of teaching banned books, and Pat Scales shares it in this brilliant handbook for educators and school librarians who serve today's young readers.FOREWORD by Judy Blume
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART ONE: The First Amendment, Censorship, and Intellectual Freedom

Strategy 1 Studying the First Amendment

Strategy 2 Places I Never Meant to Be, edited by Judy Blume

PART TWO: The Bully and the Outcasts

Strategy 3 Blubber, by Judy Blume

STtrategy 4 The Goats, by Brock Cole

Strategy 5 Summer Triology: One Fat Summer, Summer Rules, and The Summerboy, by Robert Lipsyte

BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEXAbout the AuthorPat R. Scales is director of library services at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts. She spent 28 years as a middle school librarian and has taught children's literature at Furman University since 1976. She received ALA's Grolier Foundation Award in 1997, and was honored with the AASL/SIRS Intellectual Freedom Award in 1983. She more recently was named one of the five most influential librarians in the 20th century in South Carolina. Scales served as chair of the 1992 Newbery Award Committee and of the 2001 Laura Ingalls Wilder Committee.Reviews“Scales argues persuasively...Teaching banned books is a welcome addition to the literature about controversial books.”—Journal of Children’s Literature

“This book can serve as a springboard for class discussions, staff development for administrators and teachers, and for parent groups. It can also reinforce the courage of those who work with young people to provide avenues for them to practice this important right.”—School Library Journal

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